Dyslexia

Emily Levins

Dyslexia

Emily Levins

What is Dyslexia?

Dyslexia:

"Any of various reading disorders associated with impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information (Dyslexia.)"

Understanding Dyslexia:

Dyslexia....

Causes difficulties with word recognition, decoding, and spelling.

Causes problems with reading and slows down the vocabulary growth.

Is a neurological disability and can be genetic.

Is a lifelong disorder that you're born with.

How Dyslexia can Effects lives:

effects:

Dyslexia is a lifelong disorder that you're born with. In some cases though symptoms of dyslexia do not appear till an older age.

Many have a hard to using vocabulary to structure their thoughts and engage in conversation.

Others have a hard to understanding people when they speak.

These issues ARE NOT due to hearing problems, its from trouble processing verbal information.

Warning Signs of Dyslexia:

Young Children having trouble with:

recognizing and matching letters to sounds

pronouncing words

ex. Mown lower other than lawn mower

learning letters, numbers, days of the week

School aged children having trouble with:

remembering facts and numbers

learning how to spell

learning new skills and not relying on memorization as much

reversing letters while reading or writing

Teens and Adults having trouble with:

reading at their age level

reading aloud

managing/organizing time

memorizing

What part of the brain causes Dyslexia?

A dyslexic brain vs. regular brain

in a normal brain they're three areas of the brain that work together to do the simple task of reading, writing, and understanding vocabulary they are...

The Parieto-Temporal lobe

word analysis

Occipito-temporal lobe

word form

Broca’s area Inferior Frontal gyrus

articulation/ word analysis

In a dyslexic brain the frontal gyrus which is in charge of word analysis is over simulated, while the other areas (parieto-temporal lobe and occipito-temporal lobe) are all under simulated. Which causes these difficulties with people who suffer from dyslexia.

Treatment for Dyslexia:

treatments:

Dyslexia is not a disorder that will just go away. People who have dyslexia can't get rid of it, all you can do is improve yourself:

with help from tutors, teachers, and professionals almost all dyslexic people can become good readers and writers

read out loud, writing, and drawing

at an early age have them write down letters, numbers, and words

have them practice using sight, sound, and touch when learning new things